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The Interview: British Independent Retailers Association CEO Andrew Goodacre
In this episode of The Interview series, recorded at Spring Fair 2022, host Karl McKeever is joined by British Independent Retailers Association CEO Andrew Goodacre and Jayne Weldon, ECommerce Manager of new BIRA-backed online trading platform Neartoo. While The Retail Exchange’s Mark Faithfull talks to Claire Leigh, founder of award-winning independent retailer, Two Ducks.
During the pandemic, customers were increasingly keen to support smaller, independent and community retailers. But will bricks-and-mortar independent retail still be popular and relevant as we move forward? BIRA CEO Andrew Goodacre believes so. Now it’s time for independent shops, run by owners with passion and commitment, to seize the moment.
The Special: Feed the Nation
The Special - Feed the Nation: In the first in our new series of ‘The Special’, we explore how the pandemic is affecting food retailers. Our guests try to make sense of the volatile, fast moving and hugely complex situation facing grocery retail.